Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley
Recent News About Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley
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Podgorski sides with Daley in call for referendum to reduce Chicago City Council size
A call by William M. "Bill" Daley, a Democratic candidate for mayor of Chicago, for a citywide referendum to let voters decide whether to reduce the City Council's aldermen from 50 aldermen to 15 has a thumbs-up from a Northside Republican party leader.
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Burke's biggest financial backers include bar owners, business titans
Former Exelon Chairman and CEO John Rowe made $23.5 million for working three months in 2012. Bobby Burleson owns Kincade's, one of Lincoln Park's most popular taverns. Both are among the biggest individual financial backers of Ald. Edward Burke (D-14th), according to analysis of 20 years of Illinois State Board of Election records by Chicago City Wire.
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Chicago Public Schools financial crisis described as lesson not learned
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) should have already learned the lessons of poor financial management, Ted Dabrowski, vice president of policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, contended on a recent episode of "Illnois Rising."